Can I update motherboard & CPU and not get hassled by Microsoft

I know this is an old thread but I want to add some context in case someone else is building a whole new computer, except HDD, and decides to read it.

I built my son a whole new PC running Windows 11. Changed out everything but the HDD, with Win 11 on it. After booting it up it never even asked to reactivate Windows. He has a Microsoft account and Win 11 activation is tied to that. So, in short, build away and keep your Win license, as long as it is tied to a MS account.

Birk said:

Mu current version of Windows is Windows 11/64 Ver. 21H2 Build 22000.65. I'd like to update my CPU and motherboard to new ones, but keep everything else the same.

If I do this will Microsoft hassle me about activation because my hardware profile (whatever that is) has changed? And if so, what do I do about that?

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Or, if you have the right version of Windows 11, you can move it from PC to PC, AMD to Intel, etc, etc, and it won't care.
No problems with Microsoft at all.